arnoldb
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I've been saving up for quite a while now to buy a milling machine...
This one's been standing for sale for the last six months in a local shop; I've seriously joked with the shop owner that it was waiting for me. Well, I broke the bank, added some credit, re-negotiated pricing and discounts, and was finally able to bring it home today. As part of the package, I added a clamping kit, small vise, and a collet chuck set (that will arrive next week)
This is a nice biggish machine; 800 x 240mm table with 500mm X travel and 175mm Y travel with dovetail column. Spindle nose to table is 450mm max. There is some minor surface rust on the table top and on some other bare-metal surfaces, but all the slide ways are clean of rust, and looks like they have been scraped.
I'll make my own stand for it; I have a good amount of suitable heavy material on my scrap pile, and I can get a well-made and reasonably priced coolant tray locally.
More new machining skills to learn :big: :big:
Regards, Arnold
This one's been standing for sale for the last six months in a local shop; I've seriously joked with the shop owner that it was waiting for me. Well, I broke the bank, added some credit, re-negotiated pricing and discounts, and was finally able to bring it home today. As part of the package, I added a clamping kit, small vise, and a collet chuck set (that will arrive next week)
This is a nice biggish machine; 800 x 240mm table with 500mm X travel and 175mm Y travel with dovetail column. Spindle nose to table is 450mm max. There is some minor surface rust on the table top and on some other bare-metal surfaces, but all the slide ways are clean of rust, and looks like they have been scraped.
I'll make my own stand for it; I have a good amount of suitable heavy material on my scrap pile, and I can get a well-made and reasonably priced coolant tray locally.
More new machining skills to learn :big: :big:
Regards, Arnold